I have a hard time seeing how sending you $600 has anything to do with the productivity of a tool. Most people design PCBs using Altium which is $10,000 per license. Are you saying companies should send you 10k because they could use Eagle instead?

I wonder the number of PCBs designed with Altium ($$$$), Eagle ($$), and KiCAD ($0).

$600 is a budget item that will be available next year to spend. If you never expense me you will never create the budget room for when you really need it.

If the size of your company allows for $10,000 software purchases I would expense me for 2 copies. Next year you can use that budget for post covid grow.

It depends on that $600’s ROI. Are you going to make it worth it, the user productive or contribute to the goals of the company?

The idea is to pay me today to create budget room for you in the future for when you need that budget. By paying me $600 you create a budget increase that carries forward annually. Simply pay me yearly until you are ready to spend your free $600 budget.

The idea is you're spending $600 to use software that directly or indirectly contributes to the co's revenue. If you do it right, you make that $600 back and then some.